12 Hour Shift

12 Hour Shift is an upcoming American black comedy film written and directed by Brea Grant and starring Angela Bettis, Kit Williamson, and David Arquette. Bettis plays Mandy, a drug-addicted nurse involved in a black market organ-trading scheme. Arquette serves as the one of the film's producers, alongside his wife Christina Arquette, and Jordan Wayne Long, Tara Perry, and Matt Glass.[3][4] The film also features music composed by Glass.[4]

This article is about the film. For the employment practice, see Shift work.
12 Hour Shift
Promotional release poster
Directed byBrea Grant
Produced byChristina Arquette
David Arquette
Jordan Wayne Long
Tara Perry
Matt Glass
Written byBrea Grant
StarringAngela Bettis
Chloe Farnworth
Nikea Gamby-Turner
Kit Williamson
David Arquette
Music byMatt Glass
CinematographyMatt Glass
Production
company
HCT Media[1]
Running time
86 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

12 Hour Shift was scheduled to have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2020 prior to the festival being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film's distribution rights were acquired by Magnet Releasing in June 2020.

Premise

In 1999,[5] Mandy, a nurse at a hospital in Arkansas, is a drug addict and an abettor in a black market organ-trafficking scheme. During a double shift, Mandy's cousin Regina mishandles a kidney delivery, and chaos ensues as Mandy and Regina frantically attempt to secure a replacement organ.[2]

Cast
  • Angela Bettis as Mandy
  • David Arquette as Jefferson
  • Chloe Farnworth as Regina
  • Mick Foley as Nicholas
  • Kit Williamson as Officer Myers
  • Nikea Gamby-Turner as Karen
  • Tara Perry as Dorothy
  • Brooke Seguin as Janet
  • Dusty Warren as Mikey
  • Tom DeTrinis as Mr. Kent
  • Thomas Hobson as Derrick
  • Julianne Dowler as Cathy
  • Briana Lane as Cheryl Williams
  • Taylor Alden as Shawna
  • Scott Dean as Efron

Release

12 Hour Shift was scheduled to have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2020,[6] but the festival was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] In June 2020, it was reported that the film's worldwide distribution rights were acquired by Magnet Releasing.[6]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67% based on six reviews, with an average rating of 6.15/10.[7]

Hoai-Tran Bui of /Film praised Bettis's performance, and wrote that the film "has a sick sense of humor that makes its washed-out setting the perfect blank canvas for writer and director Grant to paint her gleefully bloody caper."[8] Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting also lauded Bettis's performance but criticized the film's characterization overall, concluding: "12 Hour Shift is far too ambitious for its own good, playing out like a blood-drenched yet unfocused comedy of frustrating errors."[9]

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References
  1. White, Peter (April 30, 2020). "Reopening Hollywood: David & Christina Arquette Lay Out Bold Plan To Open Production In Arkansas & Brave COVID-19 Shutdown". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "12 Hour Shift | 2020 Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca Film Festival. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. Rife, Katie (April 22, 2020). "David Arquette clocks in for a 12 Hour Shift in this exclusive clip from Brea Grant's new movie". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. Collis, Clark (April 15, 2020). "12 Hour Shift trailer teases Brea Grant's bloody black-comedy". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  5. Kramer, Gary M. (May 6, 2020). "In comedy-thriller "12 Hour Shift," blood and chaos reigns as a murderer terrorizes a hospital". Salon. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  6. Miska, Brad (June 19, 2020). "Magnet Releasing Acquires Brea Grant's '12 Hour Shift' Starring Angela Bettis! [Cannes]". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  7. "12 Hour Shift (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  8. Bui, Hoai-Tran (May 28, 2020). "'12 Hour Shift' Review: A Botched Black Market Deal Turns Into a Bloody Hospital Thriller [Tribeca]". /Film. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  9. Navarro, Meagan (April 21, 2020). "[Review] '12 Hour Shift' Escalates Organ Heist into Violent Yet Unfocused Comedy of Errors". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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